Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-17
POLITICS AND TIE STAGE.
Mighty Struggle Between Thsm in Now
n York
Brooklyn Times.

York
Brooklyn Times.
There was mighty struggle between
Politics and the siege in the hearts of
New YorkerS on Monday night. 1t ended
aNEt Of compromise, and the majority
q aibe first nlghters went to see ITying's
Faust" in the early part Of the evening
+ nd talked politics the rest OF the night.
3 lls tendency of the average American
q ialan to stand around on the eve of the
stGaOn with his hands in
lbs pockets, his hat over
Lis eyes and a large and corpulent
B agsl pFOtrudlng from the corner of his
8 E0uth is Just as pronounced in New York
Etis Ha 6ark Couuty villsge. It .eeded
& nnething very powerful in the way of O
assIrical 8ttrsc ion to penetrate the din
s. dpolticsl strife. MIR. Irvlng's prOduc-
Il aonCt Faust" was the attraction that
Knocked politics higher than kite. The
Nf!Omsnce wss best summed up by an
81 apsTlelCed anG popular Justice Of the
Nlpieme court, who has been devoted
hester goer all his life. He said az Del
nOnlcOs that evening:
Faust is tle best performance ever
gwen on any stage by any sctor. Moth
s. ls taG | have ever seen 10 Paris, London
3 elsewhere compares for a moment
wa Il IN deTsiI, 1oish or absolute per-
Eslon In every branch of the theatTic
descriptions Of Irving's most notable
~ W.nderful production have been
S.!sa nom London SO Cfsen, and written
s.W 70 such extraordinary length in all
* l'urnals Of the English Ian
ss'S,STi IS Well IS the criti-
reviews Of other tongues,
~ mere is little to sdd. TIE mucn
sstsned scheme Of theatrical dream rs
.s'0g CREST spectacular and mechsn-
-. - PRODUCTION, backed up by excellent
WIS has been realized for the first
ss, Ioere have been many great state
,m,II' OF gorgeous scenery and
SUE sue speclscles, but the mechanical
ALE r'.se OF such productions was so great
S ~ Ne Management was obliged to econ
=, sIS " nling cut the bill with cheap act
~ n woo actors ike Edwin Booth, Sslvini
49, ny Test have poor companies and
a,,ssg mounted plays. Occasionally e
gs s1Ss actor appears In an expensive
s, ,,,N Then it is the play hist is
Ma IN worth. In "Faust" every
r.s Is perfec ed. To begin with, an
8 so53 'la actress who are famous the
s e,,,',.oVe f are suited absolutely VITA
3 G,s'i .is that are familiar and
8 ~ The Msphisto Of Irving
gn as most impressive person
ne Ills gsunt body, remarka-
& IL r .r.e and grewsome personality fl:
& lin nIsuc'er SO we'll tnst, after seeing
Il 3e,iF...J IL every mau VINO thinks OF the
sse =, - n ~ VIII invariably call up the i'm
sf5tr,a-Ss lfy Irving in his mind His
& art 49, ana GeEdlY palIor, the inces-
s. eg v, 81 'lt iun Of bis sneering and leer-
E,o5ncs doing dominated the entire
q k,i,'On' 1t WAS Uonderful charac-
4 ts,ssSV3lu' and the fact that it was
4 h,cs sfo,eSque did lot lessen It's
& eoursa . alss Terry's Margaret ls, Of
pcs un!Sned and beautiful perform
3 aagp;sb, mohcer il this beautiful SGd dis
8 es gs1oe actress ever did anything on
q &a. ~ 'ls5 did not verge On perfec.
d dGostbuaes.l innocence, guilt and sufferings
q elJe5 ~, beautiful heroine were por-
he ni, via lne1able strength and skill,
q dtae TSo.acto sectors We're up to the standard
Ia yeeun company.
Ha bv NJ tISelf, adapted from the Ger
D8 - NJ. Wills. is 9rscpf1,I In I.nouaoe
Q tie sue In action. When IL come:
sen tb,t snner Of production It would
mere is nothing left for stage